85.36% of Applicants Accepted to Montana Colleges in 2025 Admission

38,021

Applicants

32,453

Admitted

85.36%

Acceptance Rate

20.38%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Montana colleges is 85.36%, 32,453 accepted out of 38,021 applicants.

For Montana college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 571 (1.52%) compared to last year, from 37,450 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 125, which is more than 1.93% last year.

Montana colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 2.67% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Montana colleges. The yield increased by 0.70%.

Among Montana colleges, University of Providence has the lowest acceptance rate of 50.28% with 177 accepted students out of 352 applicants. Montana State University has the most number of applicants of 21,652 and Montana State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 3,612.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Montana Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Montana. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Montana Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
University of Providence352
28
177
-31
89
-27
50.28%
-13.92%
50.28%
-5.49%
Rocky Mountain College1,405
-66
978
-94
280
69
69.61%
-3.27%
28.63%
8.95%
Carroll College1,854
67
1,315
17
284
11
70.93%
-1.71%
21.60%
0.57%
Montana State University21,652
-323
17,786
-1,295
3,612
-22
82.14%
-4.69%
20.31%
1.26%
Montana Technological University1,811
188
1,649
190
352
58
91.05%
1.15%
21.35%
1.20%
The University of Montana9,576
112
9,180
132
1,771
119
95.86%
0.26%
19.29%
1.03%
The University of Montana-Western1,371
578
1,368
579
226
-74
99.78%
0.28%
16.52%
-21.50%